{"product_id":"2940015830767","title":"A History Of The Early Part Of The Reign Of James The Second","description":"INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFox's \"History of the Reign of James II.,\" which begins with his view of\u003cbr\u003ethe reign of Charles II. and breaks off at the execution of Monmouth, was\u003cbr\u003ethe beginning of a History of England from the Revolution, upon which he\u003cbr\u003eworked in the last years of his life, for which he collected materials in\u003cbr\u003eParis after the Peace of Amiens, in 1802--he died in September, 1806--and\u003cbr\u003ewhich was first published in 1808.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe grandfather of Charles James Fox was Stephen, son of William Fox, of\u003cbr\u003eFarley, in Wiltshire.  Stephen Fox was a young royalist under Charles I.\u003cbr\u003eHe was twenty-two at the time of the king's execution, went into exile\u003cbr\u003eduring the Commonwealth, came back at the Restoration, was appointed\u003cbr\u003epaymaster of the first two regiments of guards that were raised, and\u003cbr\u003eafterwards Paymaster of all the Forces.  In that office he made much\u003cbr\u003emoney, but rebuilt the church at Farley, and earned lasting honour as the\u003cbr\u003eactual founder of Chelsea Hospital, which was opened in 1682 for wounded\u003cbr\u003eand superannuated soldiers.  The ground and buildings had been appointed\u003cbr\u003eby James I., in 1609, as Chelsea College, for the training of disputants\u003cbr\u003eagainst the Roman Catholics.  Sir Stephen Fox himself contributed\u003cbr\u003ethirteen thousand pounds to the carrying out of this design.  Fox's\u003cbr\u003eHistory dealt, therefore, with times in which his grandfather had played\u003cbr\u003ea part.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1703, when his age was seventy-six, Stephen Fox took a second wife, by\u003cbr\u003ewhom he had two sons, who became founders of two families; Stephen, the\u003cbr\u003eelder, became first Earl of Ilchester; Henry, the younger, who married\u003cbr\u003eGeorgina, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, and was himself created, in\u003cbr\u003e1763, Baron Holland of Farley.  Of the children of that marriage Charles\u003cbr\u003eJames Fox was the third son, born on the 24th of January, 1749.  The\u003cbr\u003esecond son had died in infancy.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121226629360,"sku":"2940015830767","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015830767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}